As Deidara and Darui left the stage, Hyuga Kagami did not wait for Itachi, the chief referee, to announce the next matchup. With a flicker, he appeared in the arena, where smoke still lingered, and pointed from afar at Naruto in Konoha's resting area.
The provocation was unmistakable!
"Damn it!"
Naruto immediately clenched his fists.
Neji placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "He's doing this on purpose. Don't let your anger cloud your head!"
"Yeah!"
Naruto calmed himself.
Shikamaru walked over at that moment and said, "Kirin's taijutsu and ninjutsu are no weaker than Sasuke's. He's also exceptionally skilled at reading the flow of battle and people's minds. So remember, don't let him affect you, and don't let him lead you by the nose. Make use of your own strengths!"
Sakura stepped forward as well. "Naruto, you have to avenge Sasuke!"
Naruto nodded heavily.
Hinata gathered her courage, leaned closer, and softly said, "Naruto, be careful!"
"Yeah!"
After answering, Naruto no longer hesitated. He leaped down into the arena.
As both sides entered the field, the Four Violet Flames Formation that separated the battlefield from the stands slowly rose.
While the Four Violet Flames Formation was rising, Hyuga Kagami rolled his neck. "You seem like you can take more of a beating than that Uchiha brat."
"Don't talk about Sasuke like that!"
With just one sentence, Hyuga Kagami had stoked Naruto's anger to the brim.
Beneath his mask, Hyuga Kagami furrowed his brow. Brat, his emotional control is terrible!
As he thought this, Hyuga Kagami secretly began using a breathing method he had developed by drawing inspiration from Shira's Seven Heavens Breathing Method.
In his battle with Sasuke just now, it was precisely the assistance of the Lightning Release Stimulation Method and this breathing method that had allowed him to